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ABC News: Vladimir Putin to head investigation into Polish president's death
ABC News (Australia) ^

Posted on 04/10/2010 5:49:28 AM PDT by quesney

Russia says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will personally head the investigation into an aeroplane crash that killed Poland's president.

A total of 96 people were on board the plane that crashed near the western Russian city of Smolensk, all of whom are believed to be dead.

Polish president Lech Kaczynski was on board the Russian-built Tupolev 154 jet when it went down in heavy fog near a military airport.

Russian authorities have already said they suspect pilot error in the crash, near Smolensk, in Western Russia.

There are reports the jet made several attempted landings before the crash.

Also on board were leading members of Poland's political elite, including the army chief of staff and the governor of the central bank.

A scan of a list of 88 passengers aboard the plane published on a Polish government website showed the names of Poland's chief of staff, General Franciszek Gagor, and Major General Bronislaw, head of operational forces.

General Tadeusz Buk, head of land forces, air force commander Andrzej Blasik and special forces chief Wojciech Potasinki, as well as navy vice-admiral Andrzej Karweta, were also on the list.

They were part of an official delegation travelling to commemorate the massacre of thousands of Polish soldiers by soviet troops during the second world war.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
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To: quesney

Can you spell COVERUP.


161 posted on 04/10/2010 9:14:12 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: Lurking in Kansas
Was this aircraft a charter or the polish equivalent of our Air Force One? If so the Poles must know whats going on but aren’t saying anything.
162 posted on 04/10/2010 9:17:40 AM PDT by infool7 (Ignorance isn't bliss its slavery in denial)
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To: patriot preacher

Don’t forget the recent deals with Cuba and Venezuela!


163 posted on 04/10/2010 9:18:24 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: ohioWfan

not just Poland but Czech, UK, Israel , France, and Italy.

he has been slapping our allies in the face since day one and yet he warms up to Iran, muslims, muslim nations, chavez etc.

It is so frigging obvious now that this man has been placed i the white house by those behind the scenes like Soros to ruin this country.

This has been in the planning for years and now Ayers etc get their wish of ruining this country form the inside, Ayers another friend of bozo.

There is no way even the most left wing nuts can ignore this now


164 posted on 04/10/2010 9:24:15 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: quesney

Sinister doings in the world. Last week, North Korea sent a South Korean vessel down. Now this. Evil becomes more brazen when the American President seems at best a dupe, and at worst, an accomplice.

Prayers for the freedom-loving people of Poland.


165 posted on 04/10/2010 9:27:58 AM PDT by mojito
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To: penelopesire; All

That article is even more bone chilling than it was back a couple of months ago.

Here is a repost of it for those who missed it. I think all of us who *feel* in our gut that this is more than just merely an accident are correct.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=519897


166 posted on 04/10/2010 9:29:56 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: manc
There is no way even the most left wing nuts can ignore this now

I wonder if they're happy that Obama has put the entire world in mortal danger because of his incompetance and desire to destroy America. Or are they too braindead to even know?

All I know is that we haven't got an ally in the world with this man in office. Everyone who needed the US to be strong knows they're in danger, and every enemy is champing at the bit to help him destroy America.

May God help us all.

167 posted on 04/10/2010 9:30:13 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: AlanD

[Even Putin isn’t that brazen to kill the Polish President in his own backyard. Give the guy some credit]

I can’t think of a safer place to ‘off’ the guy than in your own country where YOU control the investigation.


168 posted on 04/10/2010 9:31:05 AM PDT by chooseascreennamepat
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To: autumnraine

Polands leadership was for the shield and against cutting down weapons on this treaty.
Now Polands leadership , all of it, not just some but ALL are killed and now a new leadership comes up who is friendly with Putin and obama.

Nah no cover up here , none at all,

AND FOR YOU MEDIA TROLLS OUT THERE, YOU DISGUST ME ON HOW YOU CLOVER FOR YOUR MESSIAH OBAMA.


169 posted on 04/10/2010 9:32:11 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: quesney

Who would be more trustworthy to investigate this horrible tragedy — Vladimir Putin or Jimmy Carter?


170 posted on 04/10/2010 9:32:36 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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To: manc

I assume this is a change from what they thought of him before the election?


171 posted on 04/10/2010 9:35:01 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Lurking in Kansas
The presidential Tu-154 had been overhauled in December in Russia

Ah.

172 posted on 04/10/2010 9:35:28 AM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: penelopesire

He always looks out of his element when there’s no turbins around.


173 posted on 04/10/2010 9:36:17 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: quesney
Was Putin the snake on that plane? Inquiring minds want to know.
174 posted on 04/10/2010 9:36:41 AM PDT by 444Flyer (PharaOh, PharaOh...let my people go!)
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To: manc
Polands leadership was for the shield and against cutting down weapons on this treaty. Now Polands leadership , all of it, not just some but ALL are killed and now a new leadership comes up who is friendly with Putin and obama.

Nah no cover up here , none at all,

Then this should be defined as an act of terrorism. Are other world leaders now threatened and vulnerable to the same? It's imperative that those (or nation/s) guilty of any crime here be held accountable.

175 posted on 04/10/2010 9:41:06 AM PDT by 444Flyer (PharaOh, PharaOh...let my people go!)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
Poland is the only EU country to not have a recession.

Also the only one still openly Christian.

176 posted on 04/10/2010 9:42:51 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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To: ohioWfan

and yet the media over here will still cover for their messiah, it makes me sick.,

you’d have to be blind and deaf to not know what is going on with obama now.


177 posted on 04/10/2010 9:44:19 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: 444Flyer

Germany will be now thinking WTH.

there is no way this is just a coincidence after obama scraps the shield and reduces nuclear weapons etc.

Now Poland has a Govt more friendly to Russia and obama’s agenda.


178 posted on 04/10/2010 9:46:32 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: quesney; manc; All

Hmmmm

“Kim Priestap: A Conspiracy To Kill The Polish Delegation?”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2490449/posts

“...There’s a truly bizarre irony in the timing of this crash that cannot be ignored. Kaczynski and many of his top military officers were heading to Russia – on a Russian plane – to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s massacre of thousands of Polish military officers.

Here’s another bizarre twist. Just this past September, when President Obama was simultaneously announcing that he was reneging on the United States’ commitment to place a ballistic defense system in Poland, Russia tried to intimidate the Polish government by playing nuclear “war games” on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland...”


179 posted on 04/10/2010 9:47:53 AM PDT by 444Flyer (PharaOh, PharaOh...let my people go!)
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To: AlanD
Even Putin isn’t that brazen to kill the Polish President in his own backyard. Give the guy some credit.

I think he's EASILY brazen enough. You must remember that with Obama in office, there are effectively no constraints on Putin. The world is his playground. It's why he was no doubt giddy with excitement when Obama won. He's brazen enough to have accumulated tens of billions of dollars in wealth during his presidency. He's brazen enough to have rigged the election in Ukraine. He's intent on rebuilding the soviet empire and he's brazen enough to do whatever it takes in order to achieve that goal. I don't know how these deaths figure into his plans, but I bet they do.

MM

180 posted on 04/10/2010 9:50:13 AM PDT by MississippiMan (http://gogmagogblog.wordpress.com/)
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